文ぶん相しょう

noun

Minister of Education, Science and Culture

Refers to the head of the former Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (文部省), a cabinet-level position in Japan before the 2001 central government reform. Now largely historical.

• 彼かれは1990年ねん代だいに文ぶん相しょうを務つとめた。

  He served as Minister of Education, Science and Culture in the 1990s.